ZIP 18032 recorded 70 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 536 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lehigh County, PA.
536 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 140 | |
| 2022 | 114 | |
| 2023 | 105 | |
| 2024 | 107 | |
| 2025 | 70 |
Oct peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18032 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 144 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 54 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 37 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Hazardous condition, other | 33 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 32 | 6.0% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18032 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 8 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 8 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 5 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 34.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 7 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18032 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 523% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $189,100 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $130,400 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $91,400 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18032.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catasauqua | 381 | |
| 2 | North Catasauqua | 147 | |
| 3 | Northampton | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42095 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 536 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.